Šentrupert (; german: Sankt Ruprecht''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 84.) is a village in the traditional Lower Carniola region in southeastern

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. In the past it was the cultural and economical centre of the

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, but after the railway line bypassed the town the centre shifted to nearby Mirna. It is the seat of the Municipality of Šentrupert.

Name

The name ''Šentrupert'' means 'Saint Rupert', referring to the local parish church. After the Second World War, there was an initiative by the new communist government to remove religious elements from toponyms (cf. '' Brecljevo'', ''

Podbočje Podbočje (; german: Heiligenkreuz''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 70.) is a village on the right bank of the Krka River in the footh ...

'', '' Podnanos'', etc.). A proposal was made for Šentrupert to be renamed ''Dolenjski paradiž'' (literally, 'Lower Carniola paradise'), but it was not carried through.

Landmarks

Parish church

The local

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is dedicated to Saint Rupert and belongs to the

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. It was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1163 and was restyled in the early 15th century.

Hayrack museum

Starting in 2011, the Municipality of Šentrupert has built the first ever open-air museum of

hayrack A hayrack ( sl, kozolec) is a freestanding vertical drying rack found chiefly in Slovenia. Hayracks are permanent structures, primarily made of wood, upon which fodder for animals is dried, although their use is not limited to drying hay. Other ...

s in the southern part of the village. The museum started operating in June 2013. The collection, named "The Land of Hayracks" ( sl, Dežela kozolcev), covers and includes 18 drying devices, among them 17 hayracks, with the oldest preserved from 1795, and presents all types of hayrack. The main organiser has been Rupert Gole, the Mayor of Šentrupert. The museum, which also serves as a place of cultural events, has been open since June 2013.

References

External links

Šentrupert on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Šentrupert {{Šentrupert-geo-stub